Blue Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Claravis pretiosa comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Blue Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Claravis pretiosa Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 22,2 cm (8.7 in)
Peso 73,75 g (2.60 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Blue Ground Dove only

Ninguno

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Blue Ground Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes typical of tropical American dry scrub. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Blue Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Blue Ground Dove

Small dove, 18–21 cm; male is pale blue-grey with dark wing spots; female is warm brown with purple-chestnut wing bars. Inhabits forest edge, secondary growth, and thickets from Mexico to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, with a preference for bamboo-seeding events. Granivore of bamboo seeds. Nomadic following bamboo flowering cycles. Least Concern.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus mercierii), 27 cm. Green with a red moustachial streak and orange underparts; endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Last confirmed on Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa. Possibly Extinct; last reliably recorded in the 1970s. Threatened by introduced rats and cats.

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